michael lavinger April 22, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Coronary Angioplasty) michael lavinger April 22, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine The established goal in the treatment of myocardial infarction is early time…
michael lavinger April 22, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Intrathecal Vincristine Sulfate michael lavinger April 22, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Vincristine sulfate is a highly toxic agent that should never…
michael lavinger April 22, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) michael lavinger April 22, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is any degree of impairment of kidney function. It is usually…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Biventricular Pacemaker with Defibrillator michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Ventricular arrhythmias are extra heart beats that originate from the lower cardiac…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Atrial Fibrillation michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Atrial fibrillation is a type of arrhythmia (abnormal electrical heart rhythm), that originates in…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Third Degree Heart Block michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Third Degree Heart Block is a slowing of the heartbeat that can cause…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Coronary artery disease refers to blockages in the arteries that feed the heart, that tend to…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Postmortem Redistribution (PMR) michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Many drugs (diphenhydramine included) are known to redistribute after death, specifically in…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine EVALUATION OF PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURES michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine The standard of care for evaluation of proximal humerus fractures includes…
michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Proximal Humerus Fracture Treatment michael lavinger April 21, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine The options for treatment of any proximal humerus fracture include non-operative and…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Assessment of Suicidality michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine The assessment of decision-making capacity and suicidality are closely….
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Emergency Department Overdoses michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Emergency department evaluation of a patient with a potential overdose is comprised of three components…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Multiple Sclerosis michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Eczema michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Eczema is a chronic skin disease that first manifests as patches of dry or red…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Strep pneumoniae michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Strep pneumoniae is the number one cause of bacterial pneumonia in…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Nipple Areolar Complex (NAC) michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine The nipple areolar complex (NAC) is the one recognizable landmark on the breasts. The position of the NAC relative…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Vital Signs and Brain Herniation michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Composed of heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Hydrocephalus michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine A condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine The commonly used scoring system used to describe the level of consciousness of a patient with a range of…
michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine External Ventricular Drain (EVD) michael lavinger April 20, 2020 A Spoonful of Medicine An external ventricular drain (a/k/a ventriculostomy or extraventricular drain), is a device drilled…